The Mason Jar Dessert Cookbook How to Create Mason Jar Dessert Mixes Lonnette Parks

ISBN: 0-7570-0295-1 Length: 160 Pages Size: 7.5 x 7.5-inch Format: Quality Paperback; 2-color Category: Cooking/Crafts Price: $12.95 US Availability: In Print Click below for: Synopsis • Contents Introduction • Reviews

Synopsis

The popularity of Mason jar mixes is taking the country by storm! These beautifully decorated jars are filled with attractive layers of ingredients for making a variety of scrumptious kitchen creations. Topped with an eye-catching square of fabric that is tied on with decorative twine or ribbon, these jars are a pleasure to give and a joy to receive.

If you’ve ever wanted to create beautiful Mason gift jars in your own home, or try your hand at making the recipes yourself, here’s the good news: You don’t have to be a craft expert to assemble the containers, nor do you have to be a culinary school graduate to prepare the recipes in your own kitchen. Best-selling writer Lonnette Parks shows you just how easy it is in The Mason Jar Dessert Cookbook, which offers fifty delectable dessert recipes guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Designed for both the cook and the crafter, each recipe includes easy-to-follow directions for creating the jarred mix. You’ll learn what size jar to use and how to make neat ingredient layers. Then Lonnette will show you how to add those finishing touches that turn the jar into a beautiful gift. Enticing recipes are provided for cookies, cakes, muffins, cupcakes, puddings, and even unique cakes baked in a Mason jar!

Whether you want to prepare Mason jar desserts yourself or create impressive gift jars for family and friends, The Mason Jar Dessert Cookbook is all you need. Enjoy the experience!

Lonnette Parks has been cooking and baking since she was seven years old, and is an award-winning pie maker and cake decorator. She is constantly honing her craft and adding to her repertoire of Mason jar treats. Ms. Parks currently resides with her family in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she is a highly sought-after speaker and cooking demonstrator at local clubs, schools, and organizations.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction
The Basics

Cookies
1. Banana Nut Cookies
2. Buttermilk Raisin Cookies
3. Butterscotch Chewies
4. Cherry Jell-O Cookies
5. Chocolate Chunk Toffee Cookies
6. Chocolate Malted Milk Crunchies
7. Chocolate Peanut Butter
Oatmeal Cookies
8. Cocoa Drops
9. Coconut Macaroons
10. Devil’s Food Cookies
11. Holiday Spice Cookies
12. Nutty Chocolate Snickerdoodles
13. Nutty Cinnamon Cookies
14. Oatmeal Scotchies
15. Peanut Butter and Cocoa Cookies
16. Peanutty Rainbow Cookies
17. Pecan Sandies
18. Pineapple Nut Cookies
19. Pink Polka Dot Cookies
20. Refrigerator Almond Cookies
21. Sweet Cinnamon Graham
Cookies
22. White Chocolate Cherry Cookies
28. Apple Muffins
29. Blueberry Banana Muffins
30. Brownie Cups
31. Cherry Almond Muffins
32. Dried Blueberry Muffins
33. Mashmallow Muffins
34. Raisin Walnut Muffins
35. Cranberry Walnut Scones
36. Oat and Cherry Scones
37. Banana Nut Bread

Muffins, Scones, and Breads
23. Butterscotch Brownies
24. Easy Chocolate Lover’s Bars
25. Macadamia Nut Blondies
26. Nutty Double Chocolate
Brownies
27. Peanut Butter S’Mores
46. Applesauce Jar Cake
47. Chocolate Lover’s Jar Cake
48. Nutty Caramel Jar Cake
49. Piña Colada Jar Cake
50. Pumpkin Spice Jar Cake

Brownies and Bar Cookies
38. Banana Snack Cake
39. Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake
40. Pineapple Cake
41. Applesauce Cupcakes
42. Chocolate Chip Cookie Cupcakes
43. Peanut Butter Cupcakes
44. Rainbow Cupcakes
45. Chocolate Shortcakes

Jar Cakes
Metric Conversion Tables
Index

Introduction

Everyone loves the aroma of cookies, cakes, and muffins baking in the oven. But with today’s busy lifestyles, homemade desserts are for special occasions only--or they were, until Mason jar mixes came along. Decorated with a square of fabric and a brightly colored ribbon, each container holds the nonperishable ingredients--flour, sugar, and the like--needed to create a wonderful dessert. All you have to do is follow the simple instructions on the attached card, and you have a batch of yummy cookies, a pan of fudgy brownies, a warm coffee cake, or an array of tempting scones. No fuss. No bother. Just sweet satisfaction.

If you have ever wanted to create beautiful Mason gift jars in your own home, or try your hand at making the desserts yourself, here’s the good news: You don’t have to be a craft expert to assemble the containers, nor do you have to be a culinary school graduate to make the recipes in your own kitchen. The Mason Jar Dessert Cookbook will show you just how easy it is. Within its pages, you’ll find recipes for fifty delectable desserts, including cookies, brownies, muffins, scones, quick breads, cakes, and cupcakes. These sweet treats are easy to make for even the novice baker, and are guaranteed to please family and friends alike.

The book begins with a chapter called “The Basics.” The first part of this chapter guides you in buying the best ingredients and equipment for your dessert-making adventures, and provides tips for getting successful results. It then covers all the ins and outs of creating the jars, including what size jar to use; how to make neat, even ingredient layers; and how to add those finishing touches that turn the jar into a beautiful gift.

Following the “Basics” chapter are fifty recipes for heavenly baked treats such as Oatmeal Scotchies, Easy Chocolate Lover’s Bars, Banana Snack Cake, Chocolate Chip Cupcakes, and more. Because this book is designed for both the baker and the crafter, most recipes have been presented in a twopage spread. Intended for the home baker, the left-hand page contains the recipe itself. Kitchen-tested, each recipe is simple to follow and yields simply scrumptious results. Intended for the crafter, the right-hand page provides directions for creating the jarred mix. For each dessert, a diagram shows you how to layer the ingredients for attractive results, and a box neatly displays the baking instructions you’ll want to include on your gift tag.

For the more adventurous baker, the book also includes recipes for five jar cakes --unique cakes that are actually baked in Mason jars. Unique, certainly--but wonderfully simple, too. The easy-to-follow instructions guide you in making a batch of jar cakes in your own kitchen. Then, as the occasion arises, you either present them as ready-to-eat desserts, or you happily eat them yourself. The jar cakes, which vacuum seal as they cool, stay fresh for months in your pantry, waiting to be enjoyed.

So take out your mixing bowl and get ready to experience the joys of Mason jar desserts. Whether you want to fill your kitchen with the aroma of home-baked goods; you’d like to give distinctive Mason jar mixes and cakes to dessert-loving friends and family; or you’re searching for a unique fund-raising idea, The Mason Jar Dessert Cookbook is all you need. Enjoy the experience!

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